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Chapter 7: Mechanisms in Programs and Nature
Section 4: Chaos Theory and Randomness from Initial Conditions


*Spinning and tossing [as sources of randomness]

*Billiards

*Fluttering

*History of chaos theory

*Information content of initial conditions

*Recognizing chaos

*Instability [and chaos theory]

*Three-body problem

*Simple case [of three-body problem]

*Randomness in the solar system



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